My door project

[djjsr]

I have a wall dividing the front half of my workshop from the back half. The front half is climate controlled, the back half isn't. Since the back is where my overhead door is, I needed an opening in the dividing wall big enough to drive a vehicle through for winter storage. I didn't want a conventional overhead door, so I decided to build something that would do the job.
The opening is 9 ft wide x 8 ft high. The doors on each side are hinged. The door in the center lifts out and is located by 2 steel pins in the top and 2 latches at the bottom going into a hardwood sill.
Door construction is 1 1/2" foamboard in a wood frame with 1/4" plywood on each side. Everything is weatherstripped and air tight. Total cost was about $200.

The doors really are straight, my camera apparently isn't.........

 

[nonhog]

Very cool . any pics of the making process ?

 

[djjsr]

No, I didn't take pictures when I was building them, but it's a pretty simple design.

I built a frame and glued the plywood to one side of it. Then put a 2x4 block horizontally across the center to support the door knob. Then glued the foam in place above and below that block and glued on the other sheet of plywood.

I hung the 2 side doors first to get an accurate dimension for the center door. Once they were all in place, I cut all of the stop mouldings, installed the weather stripping to the mouldings and tacked them in place. Worked out pretty good and have zero air leaks.

 

[theinnovator]

gee that's interesting and very well done.

BTW,
new here!

 

[topak]

how did you arrive in that idea? just asking. cheers!

__________________
glass tinting "Like no other!"

 

[nissan_crawler]

nice job, that's a clean install.

 

[Vinko]

that's a clean install.

yep, sure is.

 

[Graham08]

Very nice! I will file that idea away for when I build a new shop. I am planning on dividing in half heated vs. non-heated, and that is perfect.